Tammy Abraham scored his first Champions League aim for AC Milan because the Serie A facet edged previous Slovan Bratislava to assert a 3rd consecutive victory within the competitors.
The English striker intercepted David Strelec’s misplaced backpass earlier than beating goalkeeper Dominik Takac to present the guests a two-goal lead with 20 minutes remaining.
Christian Pulisic had given the guests a deserved first-half lead from Abraham’s exact cross, however the hosts equalised simply three minutes later when Tigran Barseghyan raced away from the Milan defence and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
Paulo Fonseca’s staff struggled to interrupt down Slovan’s resolute defence till halfway by means of the second interval, when half-time substitute Rafael Leao collected Youssouf Fofana’s by means of ball and steered a cool end previous Takac.
Abraham netted Milan’s third simply three minutes later, however Slovan arrange a nervy end when Nino Marcelli despatched an impressive strike into the highest nook with two minutes remaining.
Nonetheless, Marko Tolic’s late crimson card for a second bookable offence all however ended the house facet’s hopes of salvaging a primary level of their European marketing campaign.
Milan have now overwhelmed Membership Brugge, reigning champions Actual Madrid and Slovan since starting the group with defeats in opposition to Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen.
With Pink Star Belgrade and Girona visiting the San Siro both facet of Christmas, Fonseca’s facet are properly positioned to assert a coveted top-eight end.
Slovan, in the meantime, stay backside of the league-phase desk, having misplaced all 5 of their matches.
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